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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-11-19

o..o,r an INDUSTRY.
'I- e"1
There are 1000. 900 mon engaso.
in the building trades in the onl'e"
States.
The cost OF the recent coke s'r.As
to the men and operators ~ es'''n'-
at q, 900, 900.
There are 10e cotton mills IN the
South. Georgia heads the list WIN 90
Tennessee comes next with a. ana Aia-
bama 20.
"A physician living near the seq
says that during the past five years ne
has noted the hour and minute OF deatn
in ninety-thrce patients, ana every one
has gone out with the tide. save tour
who died suddenly by accident
1t Is reported that rich American
& about to establish a paper factory az
San Luis Potosi. Mexico. with cap'tai
Of at least $500. 900. The principal ma
terial used will be '1echugiha'
fibrous plant which grows abundantly
in that section.
About midway between St. Peters
burg and Moscow. Prince Putiafin has
made the important archaeological dis
coverv ~ an image Of the constellation
~ IIrsa Major on eraved on grindstone
- the STONE Are. A similar discovery
had already been made near Wellmar
n Germany.
what i termed flexible glass ID
usefnl nroduct inst introduced. Paper
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THE LAMAR DECISION
!. n.-....... s....1 a. R.v.e,ou. 80
Greedy land g rass Corporations
Through the Secretary Of the In
terror the Administration has just
rendered decision important not only
n ia Immediate effects, but also -
couspicuously significant Of the atti-
tude Of the Government toward or
canized SPECTATORS in Congressional
land grants.
The Atlantic q Pacific railway is one
Of scores OF like corporations that have
received colossal land grants. There
have been MANY notable and scandal
ous failures to earn such grants, and
public opinion has been wrought at
times to severe reprobation Of the
whole policv Of subsidies from the pub
lie domain Tor the purpose or upon the
pretense of railway construction.
Both political parties in their conven.
lions Of 1884 called for legislation
which would work complete forfeiture
Of all unearncd grants. The House
Ind passed the necessary bills for the
recovery Of nearly two hundred million
acres of the public domain squandered
upon speculators Many members Of
the Senate who sat in the convention
that nominated Blaine and voted yea
upon the resolution which demanded In
effect the passage Of the House bills
returned to their seats in the Senate
and deliberately defeated all Of the
bills except one or two Of minor im-
portance, whose passage was not re-
sisted by = lobby. To forfeit unearned
grants was . legislative work. To
administer tho Law concerning the
public domain. which included ell
land grant legislation, IL an executive
act For twenty years prior to the ad.
vent OF Cleveland Executive favoritism
toward land grant corporations was
a. apparent Ia the ruling of the In
terror Department. rs, until the revul-
sion In public sentiment some ten
wears ago. was the recklessness OF Con-
gross in voting away public lands upon
the slightest pretexts.
The Secretarv Of the interior could
NOT revoke the acre subsidv Of the At
lantic 4 Pacific or anv other corpora-
tion lint under the general laws con.
cern,ro the publio domain Il rested
NTH him - detarm;na one i'm portnnt
mint concernino thesa grants. On.
s.nctiored hv Law. lint fostered bv
mat favoritism at Washington. the
nractica had GROWN mn az withhold
inc from public pre-emptiou vast areas
II pubiic domain upon the
cround that AZ thu beneficiary
Corporations could not to !
certainty eniov their full land grant
thew were untitled TO indemnity
Tor .nv loeses .y;airo from shortaoe bv
re.sor ~ rrev;ou. entr;es mon Alter.
nate sections. or from anv cause. That
these snocnl.sor. ,should have ABSOLUTE
s.suranca - this indemnity thew I'M
duced the Coverr mant 10 set aide vast
.rss. onte,de the halt of their nctuaI
Grant from vhich thev uioht recoup
themsclves 4 their leisure. Areas 80
v;thbeld have been called indemnity
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A THRILLING STORY.
Exciting Page from the Life Of a
Prospector.

"A man gets some queer ideas In his
head when he's out all alone in the
mountains" said John Sanderson. an
old prospector who has his head
quarters at FL Paso, but who makes
several incursions into the mining dis
tricts every year.
HALF of them believe in ghosts. nine
out of ten in signs, and about all Of
them In luck. My own experience has
changed my views in a good many
particulars, and for one thing, 1t has
made me firm believer in special
providences. It didn't come about
gradually, but through as marvellous
escape from an awful death as, / be-
lieve, ever falls to men.
1T happened up in the Mimbres
mountains four years ago this summer.
The Mimbres lie in New Mexico, down
below old Fort Tule Rosa. and they must
be full Of gold somewhere, because the
beds of the creeks that find their way
down the sides are SO rich in placer
diggings that you can't pull up sage
brush around there without seeing
bright specks among the roots. I had
pet theory then that if You followed
the creeks up high enough and looked
close enough you would find ire
mendous deposit Of gold in decomposed
quartz. / thought, you see, that lit
tie Of it had washed of the surface in
the course Of time and formed those
placers. What l wanted to find was
the mother mine.
II talked the thing up to Charley
Burke. another .prospector and friend
Of mine, until he agreed to put up half
the outfit and join me in the search.
We got q couple of burros, the neces-
sary tools, and started early in the
spring. The country about the MINI
bres is about as wild and desolate as
any on earth, and 1t was trip that
nothing but faith and enthusiasm would
prompt man to attempt. 1t was one
succession Of gorges. gulches and ao-
clivities, all strewn with granite
powders from the size of mans hand
to four-story block. and often we
were obliged to leave the water-course
we were following and make detours
that took days at time.
1.-THE creek we followed was almost
dry and we stopped frequently looking
for placers. We found no very rich
ones. but everywhere there was gold.
Sometimes there would be lots of it in
the bottom Of the tin cup after we had
taken drink. and sometimes here is
curious thing-it would be- floating
on the surface. ! will let some one who
Is better posted in science than I tell
why gold now and then floats; but
only know that little flakes of it do,
and . lot of it Is lost in undermining
that way. As long a. we found placers
we knew that the main deposit was
ahead; 90 we pushed along. tired
enough but confident. At last we
came to aspot where the sand was barren
for several days journey, and then
we began to prospect the country all
around. To make long story short,
we struck ledge one morning with
outcroppings that crumbled under my
pick and showed quartz all streaked
with yellow threads. Charley
yelled out. all afire at once, we have
struck itr
But before we sunk shaft we found
something else that sent our hearts to
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pointed us. sold my interest 70
Burke. and l think after working it for
a year he gave up in disgust and moved
away."-E Pdso Inter Republics.
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this is what had happened: When he
rested his gun across the windlass he
dropped the barrel right against the
little stick / had thrust in to prevent it
turning, and knocked it out / sup
pose the bucket of ore weighed $50
pounds, and the great iron-handle,
swinging clear around. gained such
terrific momentum that when it struck
him full in the face, which it did. it
lifted him OF his feet like q cannon
ball. The gun was discharged by the
shock, but the bullet went nowhere
near me. Before l regained my senses
l heard the bucket strike the bottom
with smash.
"When / picked up the man he was
unconscious, but moaning little, and
blood was trickling out of his ears.
His gnn was broken. He lay at the
cabin for q week or two, and after
Charley got back we managed TO get
him to Silver City. There the doctors
put his face in q sort of plaster-of-
paris cast. but although the wound
healed, he was out Of his head. and
eventually died. The night before he
passed away he motioned for little slate
he used to write on-for he couldn't
speak. He was very weak. and it took
him along time. bat at last he scrawled:
"Who hit mea'
Before they could tell him he tainted
away. The mine? o, the mine
'pinched out after while and disap-
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-06-17

Inns has been the great point aimed at by
mprovers of swine, and the study has been
to know the form that belongs 10 an animal
having a tendency in this direction to the
highest degree. As consequence all the
parts of an animal that are useless for food
are reduced in size or done away with The
heavy ear must give way to IA smaller
thinner one. The heavy bone must be re-
duccd to the lowest possible size to perform
the duty required. The bristles belonging
to the old elm peeler and razor back must
go entirely. This last article of commerce
must be imported principally from Russia
where 1t takes hog three or four years to
reach maturity. 1t is useless to expect the
early maturity that belongs to the swine of
these times of Il race of hogs with frames
belonging to the swine of generation ago.
They do not 90 together. Yet there is a
class of hog growers that are still here, who
grew the hog of generation ago success
fully, that cry for more bone, aud want the
early maturity that belongs to the swine of
today. We do not know where their wants
can be met, unless by breeders that grow
hogs that at two years old are as large as a
hrSt-clasS SnDrthOrn steer, and that never
die with cholera, in fact are plague
proof. If it is not believed that such hogs
can be grown, and that they do not die. re-
move doubts by investing in such stock,
whose blood is alleged to be SO strong. and
courses through the veins so swiftly that
disease germs cannot find Judgment In
other words, hogs in which there is no weak
point in their system for death to feed on
Their producers are benefactors to the
swine eating portion of the human race.
-StOcb.uldn
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is organization. Business men in all call
ings are banded together for mutual I'M
provement and protection They are help
ful one to another, and not suspicious and
jealous of each other. The proportion Of
farmers who belong 10 "A live grange or far
mers' club is very small, and yet there are
no difficulties in the way Of farmers organ
izing for self Improvement except their
own apathy and Indifference. No man is
so certain Of success in any line of bust
ness as the one who loves his particular
calling, and one who devotes all his powers
and energies 10 it. So the farmer TO be a
successful business man, must believe in
and love his calling and devote TO il his
time and energies and all his powers
have given the merest outline of the dis
cussiou Of this subject, for incidentally
many points come up, such as life, fire and
cyclone insurance, going security, etc. Our
club did not think that all farmers were
lacking in business qualifications, but that
10y far too great a proportion of them were,
and that the subject was a profitable one
to discuss, for no one is likely to correct an
evil until made to see it clearly
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TIE VERMONT PIIGNIX BRATTEBORO FRIDAY JUNE H. 1887
ENGINEER BAXTER.



About the year 1876 was experimenting some
work ou Harlem Flats. The ground was comp1s
ed Of earth that had been dumped on the soft and
spongy shores Of the Harlem River aud was fun
Of decaying vegetable matter From frequent
visits ] contracted dumb ague the worst and
most persistent form OF malarial fever the most
perpeXing To deal with and the hardest 60 break
up When dumb aRue once gets hold of n man 1t
sticks to him like his skin or the color " his eyes
Well my physician prescribed quiuinr; yer,
large doses Of It fifteen grains ut dose. If rr-
member right It is sufficiently to the purpose to
say that In general way kept un taking otlin.
inc in this liberal style for ten years Not every
day, ~ course but rs the disease troubled nc
more or less; yet may be- said to have been un.
der the influence Of qunne all that time
After this steady dosing with quiuine for sever
al months began To feel the bad effects of IT, Ny
hearing grew dull Then memory got to be- tu.
certain ON special points, and ! caught myself
forgetting things which never forgot before
Another peculiarly Of my ailmcnt was this. ]
had one well and one sick" week, as other
malaria patients have sick and wen days.
During the ten years speak Of used to take
quinine raw that is, poured it In whisbcy and
drank the mixture. ] did this so often that the
druggist knew my habit and as / entered the
store hc would often greet me with the remark:
~ kno| "hut y0U rant. Hott rant some gi,iu-
inc and whisk,B"
About year ago saw Kaslinc advertised and
said TO my wifr ~ am going To buy a bottle of
that stun Believe in it. Bless YOU no. WHY
should But it was a chance. | got it and loo
gan taking 1t according to directions cumnrn,-
ed feeling better almost mpcdioirN In a Few
days the worst symptoms ahatcd anil in less man
h'tc months wUS ctTcd' Not sign of malaria
was left and the indigestion and dyspepsia went
tfa fa
have had no relapse, and don't expect any NV
nervous system got back its tone and today am
as good rs new
what think of kaskine you may infer from
this condensed statement of the facts in my ease.
c. BANTER.
Harlem. New York
Other letters u a similar character from prom.
inent individuals, which stamp Kasl,inr as a rem
cay of nndoubted merit. will be- sent ou appca-
ton.
The kaskne Company, 81 Warren St, New
York, and b Harrington Road. London.
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AGRICULTURAL.
Agricultural Products ia the United
states, Germany, Etc, Compared.

Nhtes' Nefmnuys Etcss compared
An exchange says that "the agricultural
products Of Germany, exclusive Of wheat,
amount TO two thirds as much ns those of
the United States and vet we have single
states whose area exceeds that Of the Ger
man empire Not states 10 speak with
exnctncss we should say single state
Texas whose area exceeds that Of the
German empire. The United States has
about ms much land available for agricultu-
raj purposes as would he contained in doz-
en- such countries as comprise the empire of
Germany. The product Of cerenls in the
United States is about four times that in
Germany, but only one third as much as in
that country in proportion to area. Ger
many raises an immense quantity of po-
tatocs-about three times as many as the
United States or 3G times AS many in pro
portion to area, the waste portions of the
United States not included Agricultural
products are also much greater, in proper
ton to area, in Great Britain, France, Aus
tria, Hungary, and other countries of Eu
rope, than in the United States but meas
ured according 10 population the product
Of the United States largely exceeds them
all Per cnpda Of the population, the ce-
real products of the United States are
more than four times as large as in Great
Britain, three times as large as in Germany,
two and onc.haf times as large as in
France, and three and one-half times as
large as i'm Austria and Hungary. Russia
in Europe exceeds in extent the area Of the
United States, not including the territories
Of the latter but the cereal products of
Russia are hut little more than half those
Of the United States Excepting Russia,
no country in Europe raises more than one
fourth part as much grain as the United
States yet our agricultural products, enor
nous as they are, are small compared with
what the country is capable of producing
when all the land is utilized as it is in the
densely populated parts of Europe, or even
to the extent that it is in some portions of
this country The production Of nearly all
the leading staples Of agriculture in the
United States is now double what it was 20
years ago. Production has increased with
greater rapidity than population, and it is
likely to continue to increase faster than
the population for some years to come
hence for the present there is no necessity
for making the most of every acre, as they
have been compelled to do in Europe
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In one Of the annual reports Of the Ohio
experiment station, in connection with a
special report ON Cultivated Grasses, " the
different species are classified and simple
rules are given for distinguishing the true
grasses from the sedges and other plants
which they somewhat resemble. Following
is the classification
/. Cereal grasses, such as wheat, corn,
oats, barley, rye and rice.
,. Pasture, meadow and lawn grasses.
such as June grass, red top, timothy, or
chard grass, rye grass, sweet scented YER
nal grass, etc.
). Cane grass, sorghum, broom corn, SUI
gar cane, etc.
!. Weedy grasses, couch or quack grass,
chess, summer grass, wild rye, pigeon
grass, etc.
.. Ornamental grasses, such as pampas
grass, variegated maize, feather grass, etc.
In ordinary language the name grass is
applied to the second division alone, but the
other divisions are members of the same
family and have the same general charac-
teristics. Glover, alfalfa and the like are
not members of the grass family and should
never be classed with them.
There are only two orders or families of
plants which can be mistaken for grasses.
These are the sedges and rushes. True
grasses can always be distinguished by the
following characteristics Every plant that
has them is a grass, and no plants except
true grasses possess them:
CHARACTERISTICS OF GRASSES.
!. \ hollow or pithy stem, which is cir
cular and usually unbranched
, The stem is separated into sections or
joints 10y horizontal partitions called nodes.
j. The leaves are linear, alternate and
two-ranked
L. The sheath of the leaf surrounds the
stem from the node to the blade
D Usually the sheath of the grass is split
its entire length ON one side. Whether
split or not it can be readily removed from
the stem without tearing it,
Every plant that has the above charac-
teristics belongs to the grass family. The
following points will enable any one to dis
tinguish grasses from sedges
Grasses-Hollow, round stem split
sheath, easily removed leaves two ranked
Sedges-Sohd, triangular stem sheath
entire, not easily removed leaves three
ranked.
There are 125 species of grasses, nearly
all OF which possess some value. To be
able to distinguish the members of one fam
NY from another is, therefore, matter of
considerable Importance.
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When the appetite fails and sleep grows restless
ana undressing, there il trouble ahead The di.
grStiNc organs, when healthy, crave food: the
rNuus system. hen vigorous and tranquil gives
us pus>''ssnr nu unrasntsS at night tonic, to
DE elitcliNr, should not he mcp. appetizer nor
are the nerves to br strengthened and soothe,I by
ne uuai'd action of Il sedatiye or a narcotic,
Nhal is required is u medicine which inyigurat,s
the stomach and promotes assimilation of food by
the system, by which means the nervous systpui
hS wen as other parts of the ply steal organism
are strengthened These are the effects of Hos
tetter stomach Bttcrs, medicine whose repu-
tation is founded firmly in public confidence and
which physicians commend for its tonic anti
bilious aud other properties 1t is used with The.
ney and uterine weakness and other maladi.s
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LOST / don't know where can't tell when. l
don sre how something Of great value to me,
and for the return Of which shall be- Truly thank
full '' "
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New Hosiery, Gloves, BraidS,
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Hathaway'S make Ladies' Cot
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job in Ladies' Cotton Under
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Very complete line Wash Dress
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Novelties in ParaSOlS.
Bargains in Table DamaSks,
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Lot very desirable White Dress
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job in Scrim at elf, s, 10.
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FOR 1887.
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